Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] [pers pn] [pron] [vb mod] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " If you 'll nobbut stop runnin' after 'em they 'll settle down . |
| 2 | So while he 's looking for you somebody could run out and kick the tin , there you go and fetch him , and if he 'd caught anybody and when you kicked that tin the other , well you could all go and hide . |
| 3 | but your baby when anything comes to actually buying for it and er looking after it I would imagine , I ca n't see him doing all what he says he 's gon na do with it Lynn |
| 4 | Well that 's what I 'm saying , why do n't you use the money that Geoffrey and Jean gave you with al buy something and then you can write to them and tell them what you 've cos it 's a fortnight since your birthday , it 's time you 're writing to them they 'll think you 're a most ungrateful child if you do n't write and say thank you . |
| 5 | I never saw that it was quite in balance , but you know you just , it 's a case , if somebody else does n't do something and you ca n't stand looking at it you will get on and do it , |
| 6 | As he sat waiting for Karlinsky to appear , looking around him he could see other men 's sons , boys of Jacob 's age , sitting with their fathers . |
| 7 | Looking around us we can see affluence and a long-living and healthy population . |
| 8 | If the maid had arrived and was waiting for them she would have to be driven back to Mondano . |
| 9 | If his mother did n't stand outside waiting for him he 'd spend the money on something important , like caps for his gun and comics . |
| 10 | ‘ If they can stand dogs piddling on them they can stand a bit o' paint . ’ |
| 11 | It had been a silly , spur-of-the-moment impulse to deny it , but by lying to him she 'd put herself in an invidious position . |
| 12 | He says although it is a small haul if they keep going at it they will get results . |
| 13 | It causes an electric current to flow through anything moving across it which can conduct electricity . |
| 14 | Debbie , 23 , of Blisworth Street , said : ‘ If I had n't ran away when I saw the balls of fire coming towards us it might have been much worse . |
| 15 | Say , everybody was saying to me we could break in there . |
| 16 | It should also check whether there are any special restrictions binding on it which would prevent the buy-back ( eg in loan or security documents ) . |
| 17 | Her father sat beside her and glancing at him she could see that he was quite puffed out with pride . |
| 18 | It could be argued that they might help to identify him , but it was felt that they might relate to another crime and that if we started talking about them it might put whoever was responsible on his guard . |
| 19 | ‘ If you keep talking to me he might think we have n't seen him , ’ Benny hissed out of the corner of her mouth . |
| 20 | Well if you 're all the way over there and I 'm talking to you I can hear my voice more . |
| 21 | ‘ While you 're thinking about it I 'll go and take a shower . ’ |
| 22 | Thought while I 'm thinking about it I 'll do it . |
| 23 | If you have an architect , surveyor or agent working for you they will do this for you . |